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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh met his Chinese counterpart Admiral Dong Jun on the sidelines of the SCO Defence Ministers' meeting in Bishkek. The two leaders discussed regional and global security, including developments in West Asia, amidst ongoing efforts to rebuild ties after the 2020 LAC standoff. Singh also held discussions on bilateral defence cooperation with his Russian counterpart.

China's Ambassador to India, Xu Feihong, recently experienced the vibrant Ganga Aarti in Varanasi, sharing a captivating video of the ancient ritual. His social media post highlighted the sacred atmosphere, the devoted crowds, and the profound connection he felt between India and China as enduring civilizations. The ambassador's visit has reignited global interest in this iconic Indian ceremony.

India has strongly refuted China's latest attempt to rename places in Arunachal Pradesh. New Delhi described the move as a mischievous effort to assert false claims. Such actions by China cannot alter the reality that Arunachal Pradesh is an integral part of India. These attempts undermine efforts to stabilize bilateral ties between the two nations.

India has strongly rejected China's latest attempt to rename 23 places in Arunachal Pradesh, calling it a "mischievous attempt" to assign fictitious names. The Ministry of External Affairs stated that such actions detract from efforts to stabilize India-China ties and reinforce China's baseless claims over the Indian state.

India's revised Press Note 3 aims to ease Chinese investment but retains strict joint venture rules, limiting FDI. This approach, seen as economically self-defeating, overlooks China's technological prowess and global investment patterns. Experts argue controlled Chinese investment, not exclusion, could actually enhance India's security leverage.

NEW DELHI: While reviewing the overall security scenario in the region, the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) on Friday took stock of the situation prevailing along the 4,057-km-long Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China.

Ahead of his visit to Beijing, PM Manmohan Singh has said that negotiations are underway with China to resolve the complicated border issue.

Foreign minister S Jaishankar underscored that India-China relations are crucial for Asia's future and global multipolarity. He noted the success of India's 'Act East Policy' and improving ties with Gulf nations. Jaishankar also mentioned key connectivity projects such as the India-Middle East-Europe economic corridor, envisioning land-based routes from the Atlantic to the Pacific by decade's end.

By a strange coincidence, Chinese engineers have achieved the much awaited feat of blasting open the last of the rocky obstacles to create a long tunnel in the Tibetan county of Motuo across the Arunachal Pradesh border with India on a day when premier Wen Jiabao landed in New Delhi.

India's External Affairs Minister, S Jaishankar, has stated that relations between India and China have been in an abnormal state since the 2020 Galwan clash. He emphasized that the tension between the two countries has consequences for everyone. Jaishankar highlighted that it is difficult to have a normal relationship with a country that has broken agreements and engaged in such actions.

The Chinese foreign ministry on Tuesday reiterated that its soldiers have not infiltrated into Indian territory bordering Ladakh. “I want to reiterate that India-China relations have been developing on a good momentum,” said Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying.

The ties between India and China will "remain strained" in the wake of the "lethal clash" in 2020, the US intelligence community has told lawmakers as it also expressed concerns over any potential crisis between India and Pakistan.

Beijing wants India to play a bigger role in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, which holds key to security situation post-2014 after US pulls out of Afghanistan.

China is willing to properly handle its disputes with India as cooperation between the two countries will be a "great engine" for Asia's development and send a "positive signal" for world peace, Premier Li Keqiang told defence minister Manohar Parrikar.

Defence minister A K Antony said China’s criticism of his visit to Arunachal Pradesh was “really objectionable”.

The government said on Thursday that the Indian traders rescued from Yiwu in China were safe in Shanghai, but added that it would sometime for them to be back home as the litigation against them is still pending.

BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi's remarks on Arunachal Pradesh would not impact India-China relations, Communist Party-backed daily Global Times has said.

As two large developing countries engaged in their national modernisation, India-China relations transcend bilateral dimensions and will have bearings on regional and global context, she said.

Read full text: PM Modi's speech at Tsinghua University, Beijing

China on Thursday confirmed it was in talks with Djibouti to establish a logistics center in the Arabian Sea’s Gulf of Aden.

India and China will not rush to resolve differences over their contested border even as there has been steady progress in the overall relationship, said external affairs minister Salman Khurshid.

A day after scrapping a visit to China following Beijing's denial of visa to an Arunachal officer, the govt decided to go ahead with the tour, but with just 15 members.

Two Indian traders who were being held hostage in the town of Yiwu by Chinese merchants who had lent money to their firm were freed on Wednesday and escorted by policemen to Shanghai.

The growing economic and cultural clout of the Chinese has prompted many schools in the city to offer Mandarin, some from as early as primary years.